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AVEDNESDAY, FEBEUAEY 26th, 1879. 



The President, the Eev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, E.G.S., etc., 

 in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Members of the 

 Society: — J. Hobson Esq., and W. Willdns Esq., of Sydney, 

 and S. White Esq., of the Eeed Beds, Adelaide. 



papers read. 



On some new Marine Shells from Moreton Bay. 



By the Eev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., E.L.S., President 



Linnean Society. 



The following three shells were collected by the late Mr. Chas. 

 Coxen, at Moreton Bay, and were handed to me for description by 

 his widow, who is now engaged in arranging the valuable marine 

 collection left by that indefatigable and lamented naturalist. 



Cassis nana, n.s. 



Testa irregular iter trigona, ventricosa, spirafere occulta, alba, solicla, 

 nitente ; anf. 6, ultim. tantum patente, svperne angulato et planato, 4 

 lineis granulorum cincto, 2 posticis obsoletis, una supra unguium sita ; 

 spira parum decliva, sutura conspicua, tenuiter corrugata, apice prominulo 

 mammilato ; apertura flexuosa, angusta ; labro lato, crasso, planato 

 reflexo, intus subdtstanter rcgulariter dent at o ; lab/'o valcle reflexo et 

 expanso, margine incrassato, antiee lamellato et suleato ; columella, 

 irregulariter dentata, dentibus antiee elongatis, augustis, crebris, suleo 

 interruptis, postiee elevatis, 2 magnis desinentibus ; canal i eontorto 

 brevi. Long. 25, hit. 17. 



